Apron



Nov. 3 1931.

A. QUINN APRON Filed May 28. 1930 Patented Nov. 3, 1931 "UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE ADA QUINN, OF OGDEN, UTAH APRDN Application. filed ma as, loan." Serial No. 456,502.

- My present invention relates toimprovements in aprons for personal wear, of the sleeveless type, employing tles or strings at the back for securing the garment about the hips or waist. The apron of my invention is designed to provide a garment that is comparatively inexpensive in the cost of production; economical in \the material used,

- which may be put on and removed with facility, and which is efiective in-use, and presents a neatand attractive appearance.

Due to the novel'construction and arrange ment of parts of the apron,the garment may be conveniently washed, and ironed flat, thus insuring facility in [folding the laundered garment and also facility in storing the garment until ready for use. T

My invention involves particularly the back offth'e apron and the arrangement and 7 use of strings in combination with the apron back for securing the apron in place and againstlateral displacement.

One of the essential features of the apron involves-its construction whereby the same itself may be changed as-desired, and the] novel back-structure, which forms the es-- apron may be adjusted to fit persons of varying heights and sizes, thus Iproviding' in one size of apron a arment t at maybe used in lieu of three 'fi'erent sized aprons, with consequent economy in time and material in the manufacture of the aprons.

. The patterns, shape and style of the aprons senceof my invention, may alsobe varied, as indicated inmy drawings. v i In the accompanying drawings I have shown three variations in the; back of the apron wherein the back panel is connected to the neck yoke, but otherwise separated from the apronfl These drawings illustratethe embodiment of my invention aqcordin to modes I have so far devised for the pract cal application of the princi les of my invention.

' is attached directly Figure 1' is a bac view of'an apron em-. bodymg my invention wherein the back panel at the back of the neck yoke.

Figure 2 is aback view showing the back panel forming a continuation of the neck yoke.

Figure 3 is a back view showing the back panel connected to the neck yoke or front portion,of the a ron by shoulder straps.

" It-will be un erstood that, the drawings illustrate the apron and its parts in con'venl nated'3, and usual strings 4 are attached at 6 the opposite sides of the apron 'to be pulled around the hips or waist, and tied at the back of the apron: K

The yoke 5 fits around the neck as usual, and the apron is put on by slipping it over the head, so that the yoke rests upon the shoulders of the wearer.

" In the type of apron indicated in Figure 1, the back of the apron comprises an oblong panel 6, which, at its upper end is stitched or otherwise attached .to the lower rear edge of the neck yoke.

The edges 9f the apron, including also the yoke and back panel, are bound with braid or tape as 7. r

In all forms of the apron, the panel drops from the shoulders a-suflicient lengthto permit adjustment of the apron to wearers of various sizes, thus adapting asingle apron; for use by one or a, number of persons, and preserving at the sametime, the neat'appearance of the apron. The apron is thus especially adapted for use in factories, hotels, hos

'pitals' and other places where the aprons are used in large quantities, and a neat and attractive appearance is necessary, and these large quantities of aprons are capable of being laundered smoothly and atlow cost.

At. the lower end of the panel are arranged a plurality of pairs of string-holes 8, the holes in pairs extending across the panel and designed for use with the strings 4. The strin holes are bound with braid or edge tapes the tape being twisted and flattened at 9 in the center of the panel to reinforce the bind ing around the holes.

' In fastening the apron about the hips or waist, the strings are brought back and around the hips the free ends of the strings are then passed through adjoining holes of'a selected pair of holes, andthe usual bow knot I from the bosom 11 of the apron is fashioned of two pieces of material, .and these pieces of material are fastened together, as by stitches along the seam S,- to form the back 1 panel 12 as acontinuation of the neck yoke.

The panel 12 is provided with braid or tape, which is employed about the holes 8 in the two pieces of material, and the'tape is folded and flattened at the center of the panel to form the pair of holes for the strings.

In the type of apron indicated in Figure 3, the bosom or front 13 of the apron'is formed with a front half-yoke or cut out part 14, anda pair of shoulder straps 15 are attached at the shoulder edges of the front. The ends of the straps are attached at the upper end of the back panel 16, and the panel is provided with pairs of holes 8 each bound witha tape or braid for reinforcement.

' The string holes, of course, may be of any desired shape, to suit varying conditions, and asindicated in ,the conventional drawings the panels or back of the apron may be of various shapes, in each instance, however, the uppermost pair of holes is approximately on a line with the attached apron strings for use by a short-waisted wearer, while .the two lower pairs of holes are adapted for persons with "longer waists. The neck portions ofthe aprons are fashioned with: suflicient fullness so that the backpanel may be adjusted to a desired height with relation to the apron strings to insure a neat appearance when the strings are tied.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is i 1. The combination in an apron adapted for use in various sizes, of a single, permanent, central back panel connected only at the neck portion of the apron, strings attached at the opposite rear sides of the apron, and

the panel formed with aplurality of stringholes on each side of its longitudinal center,

- one of which may be used with each string of the apron. A

2. The combination with an apron adapt- 1 ed for usev in various sizes, of a'permanent,

rsaoaeo single, central panel connected only at the neck portion of the apron, a pair of strings attached at the opposite rear sides of the apron, and the panel formed with a series of spaced pairs of string-holes, said pairs com-- prising holes spaced laterally in the panel.

3. The combination in an apron having a neck yoke, and substantially open at the rear,

of a permanent, single, central, back-panel suspended only from the rear of the neck yoke, strings attached at opposite rear sides In testimony whereofI aflix my signature.

ADA QUINN. 

